Morgan Llywelyn Books

In a land ruled by war and love and strange enchantments, Cuchulain -- torn between gentleness and violence, haunted by the croakings of a sinister raven -- fights for his honor and his homeland and discovers too late the trap that the gods have set for him in the fatal beauty of Deirdre and the brutal jealousy of King Conor.

The stirring story of eighteen of Ireland's greatest rebels, from the sixteenth century to today. The personalities featured are: Donal O'Sullivan Beare, Grace O'Malley, Eoin Roe O'Neill, Silken Thomas, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Fr John Murphy, Daniel O'Connell, John Mitchell, William Smith O'Brien, Robert Emmet, Terence MacSwiney, James Larkin, Countess Markievicz, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Michael Collins, Gerry Adams, and Bobby Sands.

Focusing on the Irish quest for independence, this multi-novel chronicle by Morgan Llywelyn intricately weaves historical events with personal narratives. Following the initial installment set in 1916, the story now advances to 1921, capturing the struggles and triumphs of the Irish people. Through a blend of fiction and history, Llywelyn brings to life the epic tale of resilience and the fight for freedom during a pivotal era in the 20th century.

This is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own.

Marching over the roughest terrain in winter weather, without rest and with little food, the legendary Irish hero O'Sullivan Beare is forced to fight running battles almost every day, living by his wits to evade Elizabeth I's armies. By the author of "Lion of Ireland" and "On Raven's Wing".

Ned Halloran has lost both his parents--and almost his own life--to the sinking of the Titanic . Determined to keep what little he has, he returns to his homeland in Ireland and enrolls at Saint Enda's school in Dublin. Saint Enda's headmaster is the renowned scholar and poet, Patrick Pearse--who is soon to gain greater fame as a rebel and patriot. Ned becomes totally involved with the growing revolution...and the sacrifices it will demand.Through Ned's eyes, 1916 examines the Irish fight for freedom--inspired by poets and schoolteachers, fueled by a desperate desire for independence, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin against the backdrop of World War I. It is the story of the brave men and heroic women who, for a few unforgettable days, managed to hold out against the might of the British Empire to realize an impossible dream.

A story of immense bravery and daring, as Granuaile takes on the great Norman lords, smuggles weapons and mercenaries for the Ulster Gaelic O'Donnell and O'Neill clans and finally goes to confront Elizabeth Tudor herself.

Fifteen-year-old Ainvar, protege of the chief druid of the Order of the Wise, leads his Celtic Carnute tribe against Caesar's Roman legions who are attempting to conquer Gaul. Annotation. "Mine was the vast dark sky and the spaces between the stars that called out to me; mine was the promise of magic." So spoke the young Celt Ainvar, centuries before the enchanted age of Arthur and Merlin. An orphan taken in by the chief druid of the Carnutes in Gaul, Ainvar possessed talents that would lead him to master the druid mysteries of thought, healing, magic, and battle -- talents that would make him a soul friend to the Prince Vercingetorix ... though the two youths were as different as fire and ice. Yet Ainvar's destiny lay with Vercingetorix, the sun-bright warrior - king. Together they traveled through bitter winters and starlit summers in Gaul, rallying the splintered Celtic tribes against the encroaching might of Julius Caesar and the soulless legions of Rome. ... From the Paperback edition.

In a desperate attempt to reclaim his lost kingdom, Aoife's father offers her in marriage to Strongbow, son of the Anglo-Norman conqueror Lord Pembroke. This dramatic portrait of a fierce warrior who sought glory in a hostile foreign land and his wild Irish princess is an epic saga of love, war, and survival in 12th-century Ireland. Llywelyn is the renowned author of Lion of Ireland among other acclaimed works.

Four tales of romance set in the realm of Celtic magic and lore feature the fiction stylings of Morgan Llywelyn, Barbara Samuel, and Roberta Gellis. Reprint.

Morgan Llywelyn, internationally acclaimed author of 1916 and Lion of Ireland, returns with a powerful fantasy saga that sweeps from the dawn of history to our own near future. It is the story of Earth and her elements, and of the men and women whose fate lies in her hands. . . . Water. The ice caps melt, the seas rise, and Kesair, a woman of Atlantis, leads a handful of survivors on a desperate search for land – and a new beginning. Fire. All the world centers around the empire of Crete, where Meriones, a humble musician, performs before the mighty in their palaces. Until the land shakes, the volcano speaks with a voice of fire, and Meriones finds his life changed forever. Earth. Old beyond imagining, the Earth knows neither hate nor pity. And from Annie Murphy, a strong-willed New England housewife, it demands a sacrifice both unexpected and irrevocable. Air. The ozone dwindles, and the forests dies, a new plague walks the world. And on a day just after tomorrow, thousands of years after Kesair’s struggle, another small party of survivors, led by George Burningfeather, comes together on a desolate Indian reservation. As the ice melts and the sea rises once more, they fight one last battle for the Earth – for mankind and hope. The Elementals is the epic, ongoing tale of humanity’s turbulent relationship with the Earth – as only Morgan Llywelyn could tell it.

From Morgan Llywelyn, the bestselling author of Lion of Ireland and the Irish Century series, comes Drop By Drop her first near-future science fiction thriller Unbound Worlds—The Best Sci Fi and Fantasy Books of June 2018 In this first book in the Step By Step trilogy, global catastrophe occurs as all plastic mysteriously liquefies. All the small components making many technologies possible—navigation systems, communications, medical equipment—fail. In Sycamore River, citizens find their lives disrupted as everything they've depended on melts around them, with sometimes fatal results. All they can rely upon is themselves. And this is only the beginning . . .

Llwelwyn's brilliant and beloved historical chronicle of Ireland continues in this sequel to Lion of Ireland, as 15-year-old Donough, son of the slain Brian Boru, takes his first commmand on the bloody battlefield of Clontarf, to establish his right to rule as King of Kincora, and make all the kings in Ireland accept him as their High King.

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Irlanda, XVI secolo. Figlia del capoclan degli O'Malley - un clan che veleggiava regolarmente tra Scozia e Spagna a bordo di galee e caravelle a tre alberi -, già a tredici anni Grania si imbarca di nascosto sul vascello del padre, rivelando una vera passione per l'avventura e un'innata disposizione al comando. E dieci anni dopo, al tempo del suo matrimonio con l'erede del potente clan O'Flaherty, si ritrova a capo di tre vascelli e duecento uomini, costretta a combattere duramente per opporsi ai tentativi fatti dalla regina Elisabetta per eliminarla, tentativi che culminano nell'uccisione del figlio. Costretta a confrontarsi con nemico potente e arrogante, che non si ferma davanti a nulla pur di annientare la resistenza irlandese, Grania si ritroverà a combattere ancora e, soprattutto, a dover scegliere tra la fedeltà alla patria e la sopravvivenza dei suoi uomini. Accompagnando il lettore tra imprese eroiche, passioni, tradimenti e avventure, Morgan Llywelyn traccia il ritratto sorprendente di una donna che seppe guidare il suo popolo attraverso vittorie e sconfitte, gioie e dolori, sospinta da un amore infinito verso la propria terra e le sue tradizioni.